Title
Consider/Discuss/Act on a Resolution Approving Qualified Firms to Provide Professional Engineering Services for the Design of Minor Roadway Improvements
Summary
MEETING DATE: February 5, 2013
DEPARTMENT: Development Services / Engineering
Purchasing
CONTACT: Matt Richardson, P.E., CIP Manager
Erin Boddie, CPPB, Contracts Administrator
RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL ACTION:
• Approval of Resolution.
ITEM SUMMARY:
• This Resolution approves a list of qualified firms to provide professional engineering services for the design of minor roadway improvements.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
• The City of McKinney utilizes consultants to provide professional engineering services for the design of minor roadway improvements.
• These projects typically include engineering design services for widening and/or reconstruction of existing roadways and construction of auxiliary lanes.
• Topographical and property survey, right-of-way and easement exhibits, environmental documentation, engineering plans and specifications, limited construction administration, and other related services may be included within the scope of individual projects.
• The City of McKinney issued a request for qualifications (RFQ 13-09) for professional engineering services for the design of minor roadway improvements in November 2012.
• Thirty-six (36) professional engineering firms submitted statements of qualification in response to the RFQ.
• A committee of three staff members from the Engineering department reviewed and ranked the statements of qualifications based on the following criteria:
o Service Quality
o Project Understanding & Approach
o Client Satisfaction
o Similar Experience
o Submittal Quality
• Of the 36 firms that submitted statements of qualification, the following ten firms were determined to be the most qualified by the review committee
o Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.
o Civil Associates, Inc.
o Civil Consulting Group, PLLC
o Freese and Nichols, Inc.
o Grantham & Associates, Inc.
o H.W. Lochner, Inc.
o Hayden Consultants, Inc.
o HDR Engineering, Inc.
o Nathan D. Maier Consulting Engineers, Inc.
o Pacheco Koch, LLC
• When professional engineering services are required for a specific project, staff members from the Engineering department will interview one or more firms from this list to determine the most qualified firm for that specific project.
• A fee proposal will be negotiated with the most qualified firm in accordance with the professional services procedures provided by the approved City of McKinney Purchasing Policy.
• The firms listed herein will remain pre-qualified for the design of minor roadway improvements for a period of two years.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY:
• Funding for individual contracts will be allocated though the City’s operating budget or the Capital Improvement Program budget.
• Contracts for the design of minor roadway improvements will be prepared and executed in accordance with the City of McKinney Purchasing Policy.
• Contracts in excess of $50,000 will be authorized by City Council.
BOARD OR COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION:
• N/A